Archive: Older Workers

African American businesswoman raising hand, asking question in business conference

Abstract This paper examines the association between employer concentration and labor outcomes (labor force participation and employment).  It uses restricted data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Business Database to estimate, at the county level, to what extent more concentrated labor markets have lower labor force participation rates and lower employment.  The analysis also examines…

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Abstract Retirement ages in the United States have been rising for decades but the continuation of this trend depends on employers in the future looking to fill jobs that older workers can do. This study considers whether the occupations that are projected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to grow faster by 2030 are thos…